(1) Senior managers and/or management level persons of employers’ organizations or their member companies or specialists of employers’ organizations in charge of IR/HRM who’re ready to take up higher management responsibilities in the near future as leaders of employers’ organizations or their member companies.
(2) Senior managers and/or management level personswho have at least five-years’ management experience related to IR/HRM or specialists who have at least five-years’ experience in IR/HRM.
(3) Persons in member companies/organizations who have been recognized by the employers’ organization as suitable to attend the program and have been given a letter of recommendation by their employer.
(4) Persons who can apply the lessons of the program in their daily working environment.
(5) Persons who are able to fully complete the program and to carry out two tasks. One task is to
make a presentation on their ‘Action Plan’ on the final day of the program and to send a modified ‘Action Plan’ to HIDA upon their return home. The other is to send the ‘Evaluation Sheet for the Participant’s Organization ‘to HIDA upon their return home.
(6) Persons who are able to disseminate the learning experiences and knowledge acquired from the program
after returning to their organizations with the cooperation of their Employers’ Organization.
(7) Persons who graduated from either a four-year college or university course, or have an
equivalent educational background.
(8) Persons who are not over the age of55 and not younger than 26 (*).
Persons’ birthday should be between 6 February 1960 and 25 January 1990.
(9) Persons who are physically and mentally able to attend the program. In ensuring good health, pregnant
candidates are not considered.
(10) Persons who have a good command of both written and spoken English.
(If a candidate was not educated in English, attach a document which proves his/her English
proficiency if he/she has any certificates that prove his/her English proficiency, e.g., official
TOEFL or TOEIC score.)
(11) Persons should not be students or armed forces personnel.
(12) Persons who have not attended any other NICC programs previously in Japan in the past
five years.
(13) HIDA/AOTS ex-participants who have been awarded an HIDA/AOTS scholarship and
participated in an AOTS training program in Japan are not entitled to apply for this program, until six months (183 days) have passed since they returned home from Japan.